Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services.

The Sub Committee considered a report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services regarding a review of the City of London Almshouses Eligibility Criteria.

Members discussed the proposed changes, and requested that the wording be amended to allow for Trustee discretion regarding exceptional circumstances and that reference to the State Retirement Age be removed as they duplicated the age requirement.

Members agreed that:

-       All applicants to the waiting list must:

                      i.        Be aged 66 years old or over;

                     ii.        Be living in Greater London OR have worked in the City for a period of 5 years or the 12 months prior to the application OR have a child or sibling living in the City of London of the London Borough of Lambeth.

-       Members further agreed that Trustees should retain the ability to waive the criteria in exceptional circumstances.

These changes are to take immediate effect.

RESOLVED – That the proposed changes in eligibility criteria for applications to the City of London Almshouses waiting list be approved and implemented, subject to there being no questions raised by the Charity Commission.